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| 19/05/23 10:39 AM |
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Re: mauser bayonet goes hunting knife
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friend had a typical war time made 98 k bayonet laying around. not good shape, rusty and the grip plates damage, sharpened some times. he want to made it a hunting knife with red deer antler grip plates and blacked again completely like it was original. working with knife only once in a decade I did it for him.
see now why deer antler plates on knife are rare. its not easy to find two pieces that fit if you don't have a large amount to choose from. the screws for the plates were beyond repair. when looking for replacement find them for sale for 30 euro eachso make new from scratch.
lanc:
FYI; i am not certain about german bayos but british and i believe US bayos for springfield and up til but not including the m5 m1 bayo were heat treated to low spring temper recognizing the greater need for flexibility, not to cut hard material. i THINK most armies to the same tack.
on the whole the ones i've messed with were soft, easily cut with a file. ~28-30's RC.
the whole US series using the m3 trench knife blade (later, for m1 carbine, m14, m1, m16) were utility knives heat treated to the '50's RC. very useful for typical knives chores being made of SAE1080.